PAK vs AFG, UAE T20I Tri-Series: In the tri-series being played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 18 runs in the fourth match. In this match, the Pakistani batting completely failed in front of Afghanistan's spinners.

Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 18 runs in the fourth match of the tri-series being played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is Afghanistan's second consecutive win in this series, while Pakistan has faced its first defeat. In this match, Pakistan's batting completely failed in front of Afghanistan's spinners and they fell behind in the match in just 12 overs. With this victory, Afghanistan has also avenged its previous defeat from Pakistan. In this match, Afghanistan batsmen Ibrahim Zadran and Sadiqullah Atal once again played brilliant innings.

Ibrahim and Atal's brilliant innings

Batting first in this match, Afghanistan scored 169 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Although Afghanistan did not have a good start and wicketkeeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz returned to the pavilion after scoring only 8 runs, but after this Ibrahim Zadran and Sadiqullah Atal handled the team's innings and scored 113 runs in 80 balls for the second wicket.

Opener Sadiqullah scored 64 runs in 45 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes. As soon as he was out, Afghanistan's innings fell apart and no batsman could reach double figures. Ibrahim Zadran scored the highest 65 runs in 45 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. Faheem Ashraf took the highest 4 wickets from Pakistan. Sam Ayub got one wicket. Pakistan had a very bad start while chasing the target of 170 runs.

Pakistan's bad start

Chasing the target of 170 runs against Afghanistan, Pakistan's innings faltered in the beginning. Half of its team returned to the pavilion for only 75 runs. At one time, Pakistan had lost 9 wickets for only 111 runs. After this, fast bowlers Haris Rauf and Sufiyan Muqim saved Pakistan from a big defeat by adding 40 runs for the 9th wicket.

Haris Rauf scored the highest unbeaten 34 runs with the help of 4 sixes in 16 balls. Apart from this, Fakhar Zaman played an innings of 25 runs in 18 balls. Captain Salman Agha was out after scoring 20 runs in 15 balls. From Afghanistan's side, fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi, captain Rashid Khan, Mohammad Navi and Noor Ahmed took 2-2 wickets each.